Heater to dry paintwork recommendations

[JT101]

Looking for a portable heater to dry paintwork when I do bathrooms and kitchens etc. Any recommendations?
Want something middle of the road i.e. not some massive wheeled thing, and not something with no power

Cheers

 

[JohnD]

Open the windows.

(this is not a joke, paint dries better with fresh air than with heat).

 

[joe-90]

The paint has to cure - not dry. I hope you don't do this for a living.

 

[Chri5]

Most paints suggest air temp 10c+

I can't think of an domestic internal situation where the temp would be below that. As mentioned airing the room and maybe having the heating on between coats is all the heat you will need.

If the substrate is colder than the paint makers recommendation then the paint isn't suitable and you need to look at specialist paints or talk to the help lines and see if a drop or 20 of Terebine (for oil only) would help.

 

[JT101]

The paint has to cure - not dry. I hope you don't do this for a living.

Actually I'm just starting out with decorating but I specialise in other areas. If you're worried about me doing it for a living, then don't. I'm just asking a simple question based on the fact that I've seen so many painters on big developer sites , and private painters over a number of years who use heaters to speed things up. I know how stuff dries, and JohnD is right, air will dry it more naturally at a stable rate, rather than lots of heat forming a skin. But clearly loads of decorators do use them, and I agree with them. So long as you're not blasting loads of heat directly at the paint, a general rise in temperature of the room in winter is no different to a warmer room in summer and will speed up the curing at a steady rate. Again, as John D said, the central heating could also perform this function, but in this case, it is not possbile. Anyway, since no-one here uses one, I;ll ask the guys that do.

Thanks to all who responded

 

[joe-90]

If you see them used all over the place why don't you know what they are called and who makes them?

 

[misterhelpful]

Put joe-90 in the room - he's full of hot air!